Evaluation Tools and Resources

The BetterEvaluation Resource Library contains hundreds of curated and co-created resources related to managing, conducting, using, and strengthening capacity for evaluation.

You can use the search field and filtering on this page to find resources that you are interested in or you can browse our extensive list. An alternative way to find resources best suited to your needs is to explore the Rainbow Framework, where you can find resources relating to evaluation methods, approaches and tasks.

  • Miradi

    Miradi is designed to provide project teams with the essential features that they need to design, manage, monitor, and learn from their conservation projects, in other words, to practice good adaptive management.
  • U-report

    U-Report is an SMS-based, user-centered social monitoring tool originally developed in Uganda and now being adapted in other countries around the world.
  • Participatory tools and techniques for assessing climate change impacts and exploring adaptation options

    This tool kit from the Livelihoods and Forestry Programme (LFP) aims to help communities and planners understand the hazards and risks of climate change, allowing them to assess the vulnerability of their livelihoods.
  • NetMiner

    This software from CYRAM allows the user to analyse social network data both visually and interactively, which allows the detection of underlying structures and patterns. 
  • Gender analysis tools

    The Gender Analysis Tool, produced by Global Affairs Canada (Formerly Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA), can be used for examining gendered roles and f
  • Partner CPRM

    This tool from Partner is designed to support the analysis and interpretation of data related to the collaboration of people and organisations.
  • Theory of change software

    There are a number of options when it comes to using software to help create a logic model.
  • Logic model development workshop

    Susan Cottrell’s Logic Model Development Workshop, sponsored by American University’s Measurement and Evaluation Program, is aimed at audiences who are new to developing logic models, and those who need a refresher.
  • Conducting evaluations virtually

    This webinar, hosted by American University faculty Beverly Peters, Ph.D. and Kavita Mittapalli, Ph.D., discussed the opportunities and challenges of conducting virtual evaluations.
  • Evaluation report layout checklist

    This checklist from Stephanie Evergreen distills the best practices in graphic design and has been particularly created for use on evaluation reports.
  • Reporting style guide template

    This style guide template is designed to ensure consistency in formatting across various project documents, including evaluation plans, reports, and presentations.
  • Credentialed evaluator competencies template

    This competency template is designed to support individuals pursuing the Credentialed Evaluator designation through the Canadian Evaluation Society.
  • Information request checklist

    This resource is a checklist designed to guide evaluators when starting a new project, ensuring they gather essential information to support their evaluation efforts.
  • Evaluation status update template

    This resource is a status template designed to keep stakeholders informed about the progress of an evaluation project.
  • Feedback workshop checklist

    This checklist from the Evaluation Checklists Project supports the planning, conducting, and following up of feedback workshops when used as evaluation tools. 
  • Ushahidi

    Ushahidi is an open-source mapping and crowdsourcing tool that can be used by organizations to collect, manage and analyse crowdsourced info.
  • Handbook on poverty and inequality

    This book form the World Bank provides a range of tools which allow the user to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty.
  • Cosecha de alcances

    Cosecha de Alcances es una herramienta centrada en la utilización y altamente participativo que permite a evaluadores, donantes y gerentes de proyectos y programas identificar, formular, verificar y dar sentido a los alcances en que han inf
  • Outcome harvesting

    This 27-page brief, written by Ricardo Wilson-Grau and Heather Britt, introduces the key concepts and approach used by Outcome Harvesting (published by the Ford Foundation in May 2012; revised in Nov 2013).
  • Causal map app

    This site includes a range of resources on causal mapping and the use of the causal map app including a guide that covers basic and advanced coding and analysis.
  • Diagnostic tool for a monitoring and evaluation systems analysis (MESA) - Guidance Note

    The MESA is a diagnostic tool created by the Global Evaluation Initiative that guides country stakeholders in gathering, structuring and analyzing information on the current capacity of their country's M&E ecosystem.
  • Usando o ‘Quadro Arco-íris’

    Esta versão compacta do framework rainbow pede que você pense em uma série de questões-chave.
  • Utilisation du cadre de référence Arc-en-ciel

    Cette version compacte du cadre de Rainbow vous invite à réfléchir à une série de questions clés. Il est important de tenir compte de toutes ces questions, y compris les rapports, au début d'une évaluation.
  • Cómo usar el Marco Arcoíris

    Esta versión compacta del Marco Arcoíris le pide que piense en una serie de preguntas clave.
  • استخدام إطار " قوس قُزح" لإجراء تقييم أفضل

    إطار " قوس قُزح" لتقييم أفضل يدفعك إلى التفكير في سلسلة من الأسئلة الرئيسية والهامة.  ومن المهم أن نأخذ في إعتبارنا كل هذه المواضيع منذ بداية التقييم بما في ذلك التقارير التي سوف نحصل عليها.
  • Zum gebrauch des BetterEvaluation rainbow framework

    BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework regt zum Nachdenken über eine Reihe von Schlüsselfragen an.
  • Using the BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework

    This compact version of the Rainbow Framework in English was created in 2014.
  • Intégrer des approches genre en évaluation

    Cette infographie de École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) sert de guide pratique pour intégrer les considérations de genre dans l'évaluation de diverses interventions.
  • Net-Map toolbox

    This website provides a detailed overview of the uses of the Net-Map tool which has been designed for influence mapping of social networks.